A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ARDEN, a part of Temple-Grafton parish, midway between Stratford-on-Avon and Alcester, in Warwick; or, more extensively, a tract about 17 miles long and 12 miles broad, extending northward from the Avon to the vicinity of Birmingham. This was anciently a forest; and originally but part of a still greater forest, between the Severn and the Trent, held by the British Cornavii. It was probably the type of Shakespeare's "Forest of Arden;" and it gave the title of Baron to Earl Egmont. The name signifies "the high wood;" and much of the tract designated by it is now called the Woodland.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a part of Temple-Grafton parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Temple Grafton AP/CP Warwickshire AncC |
| Place: | Arden |
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